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VITA

ANGELA O'DONNELL

Department of Educational Psychology, 76 Sapphire Lane,

Graduate School of Education, Franklin Park, NJ 08823

10, Seminary Place, (732) 940-9785

New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Telephone: (848) 932-0830; Fax: (732) 932-6829

E-mail: [email protected]

Homepage: http://gse.rutgers.edu/angela_odonnell

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Ph.D. 1986 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.

Experimental Psychology (Cognition).

M.S. 1984 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.

Experimental Psychology (Cognition).

M.Ed. 1982 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, Special Education.

B.Ed. 1977 Carysfort College, Dublin, Ireland, Education, English Literature.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2002- Rutgers University, Professor

2002-2005 Director of the Ph.D. program in Education

1994-2002 Rutgers University, Associate Professor

1988-1994 Rutgers University, Assistant Professor

1987-1988 Gallaudet University, Assistant Professor of Educational Research.

1986-1987 Post-doctoral Research Scientist: Research contract funded by the Army

Research Institute, "Strategy-based technical instruction Development and

evaluation."

1982-1986 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University.

1979-1981 Teacher, self-contained class for students with mild intellectual disabilities in St.

John Vianney primary school.

1977-1979 Teacher, second and third grade classes in St. John Vianney primary school.

Honors/Awards

Inaugral Fellow of the American Educational Research Association 2008.

Outstanding Career Contributions to Cooperative Learning, AERA, 2008.

Scholar-Teacher Award, 2007, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Presidential Fellow 2006-2009.

Fellow of the American Psychological Association, January 2002

Graduate School Alumni Award for Outstanding Faculty Service, 2002

New Jersey Psychological Association Distinguished Teacher Award, 2001.

Senior Faculty Fellow, Teaching Excellence Center, New Brunswick, 1997-1998

Early Career Research Award, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 1995.

Graduate School Alumni Award for Research, 1995.

Faculty Fellow, National Institute for Science Education, University of Wisconsin at Madison, July/August

1995.

Outstanding External Collaborator Award, Gallaudet University Council on Graduate Education, 1994.

Faculty Initiate to Mu Rho Chapter of Kappa Delta PI, 1994.

Pauline P. French Excellence in Teaching Award, GSE Alumni Association, 1994

Faculty Fellowship, New Brunswick Teaching Excellence Center, 1993-1994.

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Research Grants

National Science Foundation (2007-2008). “Understanding the nature of learning in technology-supported

environments: Building capacity”. ($51,590, Principal Investigator, DRL Award # 0720728).

National Science Foundation (2003-2008). "ITWF: The Influence of gender, university majors, and work

experiences on perceptions and choice of IT careers." ($505,000, Principal Investigator; CNS Award # 0305146).

National Science Foundation (2000-2002). "Promoting understanding and knowledge acquisition through

effective collaboration " ($79,747) Principal Investigator ; DRL Award # 0720728).

Spencer Foundation (2000-2001) “What is learned from cases by preservice teachers." ($27,000). Principal

Investigator

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2000-2004) "Cost-effectiveness study of instructional technology

initiatives" ($500,000). Co-director with Gary Gigliotti.

Principal Investigator for the following:

SROA (1998-1999) Reinvest in Rutgers "A virtual learning center.” ($14,000)

Research Council. "Reasoning about classrooms." 1998-1999. ($1,700).

J. M. Huber Corporation. " Developing a plan for the J.M. Huber Center for the Learning

Sciences." Fall 1996 - Sept, 1997. ($35,000).

Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Influences on learning from peers: A meta-analysis."

Spring, 1995. ($1,000).

Office of the Vice President of Undergraduate Education. "Computerizing a teaching

portfolio." Spring 1995. ($3,100).

Research Council Grant. "Interaction in cooperative groups" (1993-1994). ($1, 500).

Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Effects of explicit rewards and scripted cooperation on

student interaction in small groups." (1993)

Research Council. "Predicting the choice of college major." 1992-1993. ($1, 200).

Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Interactive effects of explicit Rewards and scripted

cooperation on task performance under conditions of cooperative success or failure." Faculty

Research Scholar Award, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, Spring, 1992.

($1,400).

Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "The effects of scripted cooperation, explicit incentives,

and the unit of rewarded performance on achievement." Faculty Research Scholar Award,

Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, Spring, 1991. ($900).

Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Situation assessment: An evaluation of process and

Outcomes, Spring, 1990. ($2,600).

Research Council. “Learning from lectures: Applications of cognitive psychology". New Faculty

Award, Spring, 1989. ($1,000).

Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Information Processing or Utilization". Spring, 1989.

($1,500).

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PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

Swan, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2009). The contribution of a virtual biology laboratory to college students’

learning . Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 46, 405-419.

McInerney, C. R., DiDonato, N. C., Giagnacova, R., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2008). Students’ choice of

information technology majors and careers: A qualitative study. Information Technology,

Learning, and Performance Journal, 24(2), 35-52.

Coté, C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007). Field dependence and stimulus complexity in a figure copying task.

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105, 1159-1170.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2004). A commentary on design research Educational Psychologist, 39, 255-260.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., & Hall, R. H. (2002). Knowledge maps as scaffolds for cognitive

processing. Educational Psychology Review, 14, 71-86.

Foley, K., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2002). Cooperative learning and visual organizers: Effects on learning to

solve mole problems in high school chemistry. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 22, 38-50.

Hirsch, L. S., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2001). Representativeness in statistical reasoning: Identifying and

assessing misconceptions. Journal of Statistics Education, 9(2). Available at

http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v9n2/hirsch.html

O'Donnell, A. M., & Levin, J. R. (2001). Educational psychology's healthy growing pains. Educational

Psychologist, 36, 73-82.

Last, D. A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (2001). The effects of prior knowledge and goal strength on

the use of hypertext. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 10, 3-25.

Levin, J. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2000). Three more cheers for credible educational research. Issues in

Education, 6, 181-185.

Chinn, C. A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Jinks, T. S. (2000). The structure of discourse in collaborative learning.

Journal of Experimental Education, 69, 77-97.

O’Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (2000). Interactive effects of prior knowledge and material format on

cooperative teaching. Journal of Experimental Education, 68, 101-118.

Levin, J. R., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1999). What to do with educational research’s credibility gaps? Issues in


Reprinted in the peer-reviewed journal of the International Association for Cognitive Education,

Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 1(2) 201-254.

Levin, J. R., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1999). Educational research's credibility gaps, in closing. Issues in


Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R. B., O’Donnell, A.M., & Mehne, P. R. (1998). Career preference & case structure

impacts case-based learning: Implications for the generalist curriculum. American Journal of

Surgery, 175, 503-507.

Derry, S., DuRussel, L., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1998). Individual and distributed cognition in

interdisciplinary teamwork: A developing case study and emerging theory. Educational

Psychology Review, 10, 25-56.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1996). The effects of explicit incentives on scripted and unscripted cooperation.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 88, 74-86.

Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R., Spotnitz, A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Mehne, P. (1996). Role of case structure and

prior experience in a case-based surgical clerkship. American Journal of Surgery, 172, 286-290.

Hall, R. H., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996). Cognitive and affective outcomes of learning from knowledge

maps. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 21, 94-101.

Morrow, L. M., Rand, M. K., Young, J. W., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1996). Social and literacy behaviors of

first, second, and third graders in social collaborative literacy settings. In D. J. Leu, C. K. Kinzer,,

& K. A. Hinchman (Eds)., Literacies for the 21st century: Research and practice: 45

th yearbook of

the National Reading Conference (pp. 205-218).. Chicago: National Reading Association.

Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., & Holst, P. M. (1995). The effects and underlying mechanisms of self-

adapted testing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87, 103-116.

O'Donnell, A. M., & O'Kelly, J. (1994). Learning from peers: Beyond the rhetoric of positive results.

Educational Psychology Review, 6, 321-349.

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O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Learning from knowledge maps: The effects of map orientation. Contemporary

Educational Psychology, 19, 33-44.

Lawrence, M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Assessments in science: Development and implementation of video

assessments Educational Assessment 2, 275-293.

Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Hypertext and the study strategies of preservice teachers: Issues in

instructional hypertext design. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 10, 373-387.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1993). Learning from lectures: Effects of cooperative review. Journal of Experimental

Education, 61, 116-125.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1993). Searching for information in knowledge maps and texts. Contemporary Educational

Psychology, 18, 222-239.

0'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., & Rocklin, T. R. (1991). Individual differences in the cooperative learning of

concrete procedures. Learning and Individual Differences, 3, 149-162.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Hythecker, V. I., Peel, J. L., & Rewey, K. L.

(1990). Learning concrete procedures: The effects of processing strategies and cooperative learning.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 171-177.

Skaggs, L. P., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.

(1990). Dyadic learning of technical material: Individual differences, social interaction, and recall.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, 15, 47-63.

Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Skaggs, L. P. (1989). The effects of textual errors on dyadic

and individual learning. Journal of Reading Behavior, 21, 127-140.

Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1989). Subjective graphing of metacognitive, affective, and

social processing: A psychometric analysis. Journal of Experimental Education, 57, 271- 284.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.

(1988). Cooperative procedural learning: The effects of prompting and pre- vs. distributed planning

activities. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80, 167-171.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V. I., Hall, R. H., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G.

(1988). Promoting functional literacy through cooperative learning. Journal of Reading Behavior, 20,

339-356.

O'Donnell, A. M., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1988).

Amount and accuracy of information recalled: The effects of summary type and alternation of roles.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, 12, 386-394.

Hall, R. H., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.

(1988). The role of individual differences in the cooperative learning of technical material. Journal of


Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R.

(1988). Effects of script manipulations on initial learning and transfer. Cognition and Instruction, 5, 103-

121.

Spurlin, J. E., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Brooks, L.W. (1988). Text processing: Effects of

summarization frequency on performance. Journal of Experimental Education, 56, 199-202.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Larson, C. O., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1987).

Effects of cooperation and individual re-writing on an instruction writing task. Written Communication, 4,

90-99.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R. (1987). Cognitive, social/affective, and

metacognitive outcomes in scripted cooperative learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 79, 431-

437.

Rocklin, T. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1987). Self-adapted testing: A performance-improving variant of

computerized adaptive testing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 79, 315-319.

Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Rocklin, T. R. (1987).

Cooperative learning and test-taking: Transfer of skills. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 12, 52-

61.

Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R.

(1987). Manipulating cooperative scripts for teaching and learning. Journal of Educational Psychology,

79, 424-430.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D. (1986).

Effects of monitoring on cooperative learning. Journal of Experimental Education, 54, 169-173.

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O'Donnell, A. M., Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986). Effects of cooperation and editing

on instruction writing performance. Journal of Experimental Education, 54, 207-210.

Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T.

R. (1986). Technical training: An application of a strategy for learning structural and functional

information. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 11, 217-228.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J.G., Larson, C. O., & Young, M. D. (1985).

Effects of elaboration frequency on cooperative learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 77, 572-

580.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., Hythecker, V. I., & Larson, C. O. (1985).

Cooperative writing: Direct effects and transfer. Written Communication, 2, 307-315.

Hythecker, V. I., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., Larson, C. O., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1985). A

computer-based learning strategy module: Development and evaluation. Journal of Educational

Computing Research, 1, 275-283.

Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1985).

Effects of metacognitive and elaborative activity on cooperative learning and transfer. Contemporary


Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V.I., & Larson, C. O. (1985). Training learning

strategies with computer-aided cooperative learning. Computers and Education, 9, 67-71.

Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1984).

Verbal ability and cooperative learning: Transfer of effects. Journal of Reading Behavior, 16, 289-295.

Books

O’Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Editor. Handboook of educational psychology. Oxford University Press.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Chinn, C. A., Chang, C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2013). International handbook of collaborative

Learning. New York: Taylor & Francis.

O’Donnell. A. M., Reeve, J., & Smith, J. K. (2011). Educational psychology: Reflection for action (3rd ed).

Hoboken, N. J: John Wiley & Sons.

O’Donnell. A. M., Reeve, J., & Smith, J. K. (2009). Educational psychology: Reflection for action (2nd

ed).

Hoboken, N. J: John Wiley & Sons.

O’Donnell. A. M., Reeve, J., & Smith, J. K. (2007). Educational psychology: Reflection for action. Hoboken, N. J:

John Wiley & Sons.

O’Donnell, A. M., Hmelo-Silver, C., & Erkens, G. 2005). Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology.

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

O'Donnell, A. M., & King, A. (1999). Cognitive perspectives on peer learning. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum

Associates.

Book Chapters

O’Donnell, A. M. (2013). Introduction: What is collaborative learning? In C. E. Hmelo-Silver, C. A. Chinn,

C. Chan, & A. M. O’Donnell (Eds.), International handbook of collaborative learning (pp. 1-15).

New York: Taylor & Francis.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2013). Group processes. In International Encyclopedia of social and behavioral science

(2nd

ed). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2012). Constructivism. In K. R. Harris, S. Graham, & T. Urdan (Eds.), Educational

psychology handbook: Vol. 1. Theories, constructs, and critical issue (pp. 61-84). Washington, D.

C.: American Psychological Association.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2008. Memory. In E. M. Anderman & L. Anderman (Eds.), Psychology of classroom

learning: An encyclopedia. Cengage: The Gayle Group.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2008 ) . Case-based learning. In E. M. Anderman & L. Anderman (Eds.), Psychology of

classroom learning: An encyclopedia. Cengage: The Gayle Group.

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O’Donnell, A. M. (2006). The role of peers and group learning. In P. Alexander & P. Winne (Eds.),

Handbook of educational psychology, 2nd edition. (pp. 781-802). New York: Macmillan.

Etkina, E., Mestre, J, & O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). The impact of the cognitive revolution on science

teaching and learning.. In J. Royer (Ed.) The cognitive revolution in educational psychology (pp.

119-164). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). Learning with technology. In A. M. O’Donnell, C. Hmelo-Silver, and G. Erkens

(Eds.), Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology (pp. 1-12). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence

Erlbaum Associates.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). Experimental classroom research. In G. Phye, D. Robinson, and J. R. Levin

(Eds.). Experimental methods for educational intervention (pp. 213-233). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier

Press.

O’Donnell, A. M., & Derry, S. D. (2005). Cognitive processes in interdisciplinary groups: Problems and

possibilities. In S. J. Derry, C. Shunn, & M.Gernsbacher (Eds.) Interdisciplinary collaboration: An

emerging cognitive science (pp. 51-82 Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). The No Child Left Behind Act: What if it worked? In J. Carlson & J. R. Levin

(Eds.), Scientifically based education research and federal funding agencies: The case of the No

Child Left Behind legislation, (pp. 97-102). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2004). Shared and unshared knowledge: The collaborative analysis of a classroom case

by preservice teachers. In J. van der Linden & P. Renshaw (Eds.), Dialogic learning: Shifting

perspectives to learning, instruction, and teaching (pp. 233-250). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic

Press.

Levin, J. R., O’Donnell, A. M., & Kratochwill, T. R.(2003). A case for enhancing the credibility of

educational/psychological intervention research. In W. M. Reynolds & G. E. Miller (Eds.),

Comprehensive handbook of psychology, Volume 7: Educational Psychology (pp. 557-581). New

York: Wiley.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2002). Cooperative and collaborative learning. The encyclopedia of education (2nd

ed.),

(pp. 489-492). New York: Macmillan

O'Donnell, A. M. (2002). Cooperative/collaborative learning. Encyclopedia of cognitive science. New

York: Macmillan.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2001). Group processes in the classroom. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Bales (Editors). 2001

International encyclopedia for the social and behavioral sciences (pp. 6413-6417). Amsterdam:

Elsevier Science.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1999). Structuring dyadic interaction through scripted cooperation In A. O’Donnell & A. King

(Eds.), Cognitive perspectives on peer learning (pp. 179-196). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum

Associates.

O’Donnell, A. M., & Topping, K. (1998). Peers assessing peers: Possibilities and problems. In K. Topping & S.

Ehly (Eds.), Peer assisted learning (pp. 255-278). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Morrow, L. M., Rand, M., Young, J. W., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1996). Social and literacy behaviors of first, second,

and third graders in social collaborative literacy settings. In D. Leau, C. K. Kinzer, and K. A. Hinchman

(Eds.), Literacies for the 21st Century: Research and practice (pp. 205-218). National Reading

Conference, Inc.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1992). Commentary on cooperative writing: Direct effects and transfer. In J. R. Hayes (Ed.),

Reading empirical research studies: The rhetoric of research, (pp. 374-384). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence

Erlbaum Associates.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1992). Scripted cooperation in student dyads: A method for analyzing and

enhancing academic learning and performance. In Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz and Norman Miller (Eds.),

Interaction in cooperative groups: The theoretical anatomy of group learning (pp. 120-141). New York:

Cambridge University Press.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Moores, D. F., & Kluwin, T. N. (1992). Identifying the contribution of school factors to the

success of deaf students in public school. In T. N. Kluwin, D. F. Moores, and M. G. Gaustad (Eds.),

Effective public school programs for the hearing- impaired student. (pp. 194-216). New York: Teachers

College Press.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Adenwalla, D. (1991). Using cooperative learning and concept maps with deaf college

students. In D. S. Martin (Ed.), Advances in cognition, education, and deafness, (pp. 348-355).

Washington, D. C.: Gallaudet University Press.

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Book Reviews

O’Donnell, A. M. (2014). [Review of Learning through visual displays (eds. G. Schraw, M. T. McCrudden, & D.

Robinson]. Teachers College Record.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1998). The complexity of “constructive” school learning. [Review of Handbook of academic

learning: Constructing knowledge] Contemporary Psychology, 43, 512-514.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1997). Constructivism by design and in practice: A Review. Issues in Education, 3(2), 285-

293.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1993). Thinking skills instruction: Where we are and where we are going. [Review of

Enhancing learning and teaching] Contemporary Psychology, 38, 381-383.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1992). The return of "thinking skills" to the schools [Review of Teaching thinking: An agenda

for the 21st century]. Contemporary Psychology, 37, 1300-1301.

Proceedings, Abstracts, and Technical Reports.

O’Donnell, A. M., & DiDonato, N. C. (2007). A tale of two formats. Proceedings of the 8th

Computer Supported

Collaborative Learning Conference.

DiDonato, N. C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007). Factors that influence students’ choices of technology majors and

careers. Self-concept, motivation, social, and personal identity for the 21st Century. Proceedings of the

Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. SELF Research Centre, University of Western

Sydney.

Last, D., O’Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (1998). Using hypermedia: Effects of prior knowledge and goal

strength. Technology and Teacher Education Annual (proceedings of SITE98), (pp. 476-479). Mahwah,

NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

O’Donnell, A. M., DuRussel, L. A., & Derry, S. J. (1997). Cognitive processes in interdisciplinary groups:

Problems and possibilities. (Research Monograph No. 5: National Institute for Science Education,

University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Center for Improving Science Education).

Derry, S. J., DuRussel, L. A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1997). Individual and distributed cognitions in

interdisciplinary teamwork: A developing case study and emerging theory. (Research Monograph No. 7:

National Institute for Science Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Center for

Improving Science Education).

Brown, V. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Translating research into practice: The expansion of a drama/sign

language program for low-income preschool children. In Annotated bibliography of Head Start research

and evaluation 1985-1994. Head Start Bureau.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Facilitating scripted cooperation through the use of knowledge maps. Cooperative

Learning and College Teaching, 4(2), 7-10.

Brown, V. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, November). Translating research into practice: The expansion of a

drama/sign language program for low-income preschool children. In Summary of Conference

Proceedings: ACYF Research Conference (p. 253). Administration on Children, You, and Families:

Department of Health and Human Services.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1992). Searching for information in knowledge maps and texts. International Journal of

Psychology, 27, Abstract No. IN023.8.

Ramaswamy, R., O'Donnell, A. M., Holton, B. (1992). Gender differences in choice of college majors.

International Journal of Psychology, 27, Abstract No. IN033.4.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Brown, V. (1992). Improving language acquisition for low income children. Report to the

Wolftrap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, Vienna, VA.

Kluwin, T. N., Blennerhasset, L., King, C., Woodward, J., Gaustad, M. G., Stinson, M., O'Donnell, A. M., Stewart,

D., & King, S. (1991). Longitudinal study of three cohorts of hearing impaired students in public school

programs. Technical Report: Gallaudet University, November, 1991.

Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V.I., Larson, C. O., Lambiotte, J. G., Young, M. D.,

& Flowers, L. E. (1984). Development and evaluation of computer-based learning strategy training

modules. Final report, Contract MDA-903-82-C-0169, InterAmerica Research Associates, Inc., August.

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Instructional Development/Publication

O’Donnell, A. M. (2004). Instructor's guide for A. E. Woolfolk Educational psychology (9th

edition). Needham

Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2000). Instructor's guide for A. E. Woolfolk Educational psychology (8th

edition). Needham


O'Donnell, A. M. (1997). Instructor's guide for A. E. Woolfolk Educational psychology (7th

edition). Needham


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Reviewed, Invited)

Lee, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2014, August). Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.

Manente, C.J., Wichtel, S., & O’Donnell, A.M. (2014, April). Is collaboration a necessary component of

problem-based learning? Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2014, January). Learning from cases in differently structured groups. Paper presented at the 12th

Annual Meeting of the Hawaii International Conference, Honolulu, HI.

Lee, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2013, August). Socially shared regulation in online groups. Paper presented

at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction,

Munich, Germany.

Manente, C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2012, August). What do preservice teachers think about instruction? Paper

presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, Fl.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2011, April). Learning from cases. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, New Orleans. LA.

Lee, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2011, April). The effect of peer interaction on pedagogical knowledge in online

discussion boards: The case method. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, New Orleans. LA.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2010, August). Acquiring knowledge from scientific texts through graphic organizers and

question generation. Paper presented at the Biennial meeting of the Special Interest Group,

Comprehension of Text and Graphics, Tubingen, Germany.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2010, June). Bridging the gap between declarative and procedural knowledge of

teaching. Paper presented at the 14th

World Congress of Comparative Education Societies,

Istanbul, Turkey.

O’Donnell, A. M., & Schramm-Possinger, M. (2008, August). Developing consensus on the quality of

teaching. Paper presented at the Biannual Meeting of the SIG on Teaching and Teacher Education

of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction. Fribourg, Switzerland.

O’Donnell, A. M., & Lee, A. (2008). Individual and collaborative responses to classrooms cases. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

DiDonato, N. C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2008). Information technology students' expectancies and values: A

structural approach. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological

Association, New York.

O'Donnell, A. M. & DiDonato, N. C. (2007, August). Influences on choice of a major in information technology.

Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Learning and Instruction,

Budapest.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, August). Discussions about classrooms Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of

the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Swan, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, August). An evaluation of a university geography department

instructional technology initiative. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Psychological Association, San Francisco.

DiDonato, N., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, August). Students’ career beliefs and their subsequent

experiences in information technology careers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

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Swan, A., O’Donnell, A.M., & Nagarajan, A. (2007, April). The contribution of virtual biology

laboratories to student learning. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, ,Chicago.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, April). Acquiring knowledge from scientific texts through graphic organizers and

question generation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, ,Chicago.

DiDonato, N. C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, February). Students’ perceptions of information technology careers.

Poster presented at the 2007 Harvard Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). What preservice teachers learn from cases. Presidential Address, Division 15,

American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans.

Bitterman, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). Impact of source credibility on belief change. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans.

DiDonato, N., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). Factors that influence students’ choices of technology

majors and careers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological

Association, New Orleans.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). Developing potential to learn through the use of cases. Paper presented at the

SIG II-Earli Teacher Education Conference, Garryvoe, Co. Cork, Ireland.

DiDonato, N., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, July). Factors that influence students’ choices of technology majors

and careers. Paper presented at the 4th

International Biennial SELF Research Conference, University of

Michigan.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, June). Did I hear what you said or what I thought?: Influences of peers on thinking.

Paper presented at the 7th

International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, Indiana.

O’Donnell, A. M., & DiDonato, N. (2005, October). Teaching online and in class. Paper presented at the 2006 E-

Learn Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

O’Donnell. A. M. (2005, July). Perspectives on learning with WebCT from students and instructors. Paper

presented at the 5th

Annual WebCT Users’s Conference, IMPACT 20053, San Diego.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2004, April). Experimental classroom research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Educational Association, San Diego, CA,

O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, August). Preservice teachers use of a classroom case. Paper presented at the Bi-

Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, Padua,

Italy.

De Lisi, R., & O’Donnell, A. (2003, August). Collaborative learning online: Fostering effective groups. Paper

presented at the Bi-Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction,

Padua, Italy.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, August). Promoting understanding through collaborative questioning and use of

graphic organizers Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.

Nagarajan, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, August). The contribution of a virtual biology lab to student

learning. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.

O’Donnell, A. M., & De Lisi, R. (2003, April). A comparison of hybrid versus complete face-to-face instruction

on student performance Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational

Research Association.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, April). Synthesizing cognitive and social perspectives in educational research: Progress

and possibilities. Invited panelist. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, April). Developing a model for evaluating the impact of technology on student learning.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Deng, W., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, April). Predicting student success in technology enhanced college courses.


O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, August). Collaborative and individual reasoning about classrooms Paper presented at

the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Gigliotti, G., O'Donnell, A. M., Devanas, M., & Delaney, J. (2001, August). Teaching and learning in a technology

assisted environment: Learning outcomes and cost effectiveness of instructional technology initiatives at

Rutgers University. Paper presented at the 9th

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction,

New Orleans.

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O'Donnell, A. M, Cozine, J. J., & Yang, E. (2001, June). Words and images in Romeo and Juliet: Effects of

different film versions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society,

Toronto, Canada.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, April). Cooperation. Paper presented as part of a symposium " Concepts in

Modern Teaching Revisited" at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, Seattle.

Brecher, A., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, April). The influence of personal experience on preservice

teachers' thinking about teaching. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, Seattle.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, March). Learning outcomes from the use of technology. Presentation at the Annual

Meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D. C.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2000, April). Did I hear what you said or what I thought? Paper presented the Annual Meeting

of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2000, April). Working together alone: Group processes and interdisciplinary teams. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Chinn, C. A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Jinks, T. (2000, April). Structural analysis: An approach to analyzing

discourse. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,

New Orleans.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1999, September). Invited discussant for an invited symposium, “The collaborative classroom

as a context for development” at the 9th

European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Island of

Spetses, Greece.

O’Donnell, A. M., & Hirsch, L. S. (1999, April). Understanding students’ choice of college majors. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal,

Canada.

O’Donnell, A. M.. (1998, September). Educational psychology in the U.S: Past and present Invited

presentation at the Educational Psychology Seminar, Beijing Normal University, sponsored by the

Ministry of Education, Beijing China.

Lebeau, R. B., Sutyak, J., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, August). Structuring case-based learning for

students of diverse interests and experience. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Last, D., O’Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (1998, March). Using hypermedia: Effects of prior knowledge

and goal strength. Paper presented at SITE ‘98 Technology and Teacher Education Conference,

Washington, D. C.

Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R. B., O’Donnell, A.M., & Mehne, P. R. (1997, April). Career preference & case

structure impacts case-based learning: Implications for the generalist curriculum. Paper to be

presented at the American Surgical Education conference.

Lebeau, R. B., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, March). Self-reflective teaching and learning in informal

science education. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for

Research in Science Teaching, Chicago.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, March). Self-adapted testing: Fitting the test to oneself. Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, February). Looking inside and outside: Individuals in social contexts for learning.

INVITED. Paper presented to the Doctoral Residency Seminar, Fordham University.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, November). Cognitive processes in interdisciplinary teams. INVITED. Paper to

be presented at the "Understanding Interdisciplinary Teamwork" symposium, Madison, WI.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, November). Distributed cognition and peer learning. INVITED. Paper to be

presented to the faculty of education, Concordia University, Montreal, CA.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, November). Structuring dyadic interaction through scripted cooperation. Paper

presented at the 10th

Rutgers Invitational Symposium in Education, Cognitive perspectives on peer

learning. New Brunswick, NJ.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, October). Cooperative learning models. INVITED. Paper to be presented at the

Lilly Teaching Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, August). Whose idea is it anyway? A key issue in peer learning and educational

psychology. INVITED ADDRESS, Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto,

Canada.

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Barrerra, M., O'Donnell, A. M., & Ramaswamy, R. (1996, August). Motivational and cognitive influences in

second language proficiency. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological

Association, Toronto, Canada.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, July). Cognitive perspectives on learning from peers. Paper presented at the

International Conference for the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education,

Columbus, OH.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, June). The use of cases in teacher education. Paper presented at the First Division 15

Conference on Issues in Educational Psychology, Scottsdale, AZ.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). An introduction to distributed cognition. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

O'Kelly, J. B., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Arousing the curiousity of kindergarten children with

informational storybooks. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, New York.

Cooper, M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Innovation and persistence: Thoughts from the evaluation of

the CUPLE studio physics course. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, New York.

Foley, K. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Mole problems in chemistry: Effects of cooperative learning and

visual organizers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research on

Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO.

Derry, S. & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Distributed and individual cognitions in interdisciplinary

collaboration.. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research


O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, August). Effects of reward in scripted and unscripted cooperation. Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R., Spotnitz, A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Mehne, P. (1995, May). Role of case structure and

prior experience in a case-based surgical clerkship. Paper presented at the Association for Surgical

Education, Tucson, AZ

O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, April). Scripted cooperation and reward. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, June). Integrating declarative and procedural knowledge through videotape production.

Paper presented at the 1st American Psychological Society Institute on the Teaching of Psychology,

Washington, D.C.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Effects of incentives on outcomes from initial and subsequent task performance.


O'Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (1994, April). Going beyond the information given in student evaluations: A

computerized teaching portfolio system. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Hall, R. H., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Alternative materials for learning: Cognitive and affective

outcomes of learning from knowledge maps. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Brown, V. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, October). Translating research into practice: The expansion of a

drama/sign language program for low income school children. Paper presented at the 2nd National Head

Start Research Conference, Washington, D.C.

Hirsch, L. S., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, August). An evaluation of instructional interventions to eradicate the

misconception of representativeness. Paper presented at the Third International Seminar on

Misconceptions and Educational Strategies in Science and Mathematics, Cornell University

Garrison, S. D., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, August). Effects of feedback and performance conditions on task

evaluations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,

Toronto, Canada.

Hirsch, L. S., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, August). Teaching probability: A test to identify misconceptions of

representativeness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,

Toronto, Canada.

Zuber, R. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, August). Mathematical problem-solving: Effects of scripted and

unscripted cooperation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological

Association, Washington, D. C.

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Holst, P. M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, August). Task structure and paired interaction: Effects on recall

performance of 2nd graders. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological


O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, July). The effects of explicit rewards on cognitive and affective outcomes from scripted

cooperation. Paper presented at the 1992 International Convention on Cooperative Learning, Utrecht,

The Netherlands.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, July). Learning from lectures through scripted cooperation. Paper presented at the 1992

International Convention on Cooperative Learning, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, July). Searching for information in knowledge maps and texts. Paper presented at the

25th International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium.

Ramaswamy, R., O'Donnell, A. M., & Holton, B. (1992, July). Gender differences in choice of college majors.

Paper presented at the 25th International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium.

Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, April). Using HyperCard as a research tool for instruction in

introductory educational psychology courses. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern

Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Hertz-Lazarowitz, R., Miller, N., O'Donnell, A. M., & Kirkus, V. (1992, April). Interaction in cooperative

groups: Cognitive, social, contextual, and developmental perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,

Holst, P. M., O'Donnell, A. M., & Rocklin, T. R. (1992, April). Effects of feedback during self-adapted testing

on estimates of ability. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, San Francisco.

Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, April). Hypertext and the study strategies of pre-service teachers. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, April). Searching for information: The role of prior knowledge, verbal ability, and

material format. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research


Hirsch, L. S., Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, March). Improving understanding of measurement and

testing through the use of computer-based instruction. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Eastern Educational Research Association, Hilton Head, N. Carolina.

Holst, P. M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, March). Knowledge maps: The effect of map orientation on learning.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Hilton Head, N.

Carolina.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Woolfolk, A. E. (1991, August). Elementary and secondary teachers' beliefs about testing

and grading. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San

Francisco.

Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, August). Computer-assisted lesson design and student learning in the

teaching of psychology. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological


Moody-Robinson, A., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, April). The effects of expectations of review conditions and

test type on test performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological


O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, April). Adapting cooperative learning scripts for use with procedural texts/tasks. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Rocklin, T. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, April). An empirical comparison of self-adapted and maximum

information item selection. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, Chicago.

O'Donnell, A.M. (1991, April). A comparison of examinee-chosen item order and fixed-item order. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1990, August). Interactive effects of cooperative teaching and material

format. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1990, August). Using knowledge maps to facilitate the search for

information. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston,

MA.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1990, April). Learning from lectures: The effects of cooperative review.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, MA.

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O'Donnell, A. M. (1989, October). Enhancing reading comprehension and metacognition: The effects of scripted

cooperation. Paper presented at the 7th Eastern IRA Regional Conference, Wilmington, DE.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Rocklin, T. R. (1989, October). The impact of examinee choice of item difficulty on test

performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research

Association, Nevelle, NY.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Adenwalla, D. (1989, July). Scripted cooperation and concept maps: Applications to deaf

education. Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Cognition, Education, & Deafness.

Gallaudet University, Washington, D. C.

Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Pitre, U. (1989, April). Lights, camera, cooperate! A

closer look at cooperative learning scripts. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern

Psychological Association, Houston, TX.

Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., O'Donnell, A. M., O'Donnell, A. M., Skaggs, L. P., & Pitre, U.

(1988, August). Knowledge map-processing: Differential roles of spatial and verbal abilities. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Rewey, K. R., & Peel, J. L.

(1988, August). Concept mapping: Impact on text recall and procedure performance. Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1988, April). Concept maps and scripted cooperation:

Interactive tools for improving science and technical education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of

the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., O'Donnell, A. M., Skaggs, L. P., & Pitre, U. (1988, April).

Individual differences in the use of scripted cooperation and concept maps. Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., & Hall, R. H. (1988, April).

Effects of cooperative script manipulations on initial learning and transfer. Paper presented at the Annual


O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Hythecker, V. I., Peel, J. L., & Rewey, K. L.

(1988, April). Learning concrete procedures: The effects of processing strategies and cooperative

learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,

New Orleans.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1988, April). Learning concrete procedures: Cooperative planning and

prompting. Paper presented at the symposium of the Special Interest Group on Text design and learner

strategies, as part of the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New

Orleans.

Skaggs, L. P., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., O'Donnell, A. M., Pitre, U., Lambiotte, J. G., Peel, J. L., & Rewey,

K. L. (1988, April). Using cooperative learning in an academic setting as a vehicle for influencing recall,

attitudes, and beliefs about alcohol-related information. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Dees, S. M., Dansereau, D. F., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1988, April). An analysis of subjective reactions during the

learning of a concrete procedure. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern

Psychological Association, Tulsa, OK.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., & Pitre, U. (1988, April). The effects of exposure to knowledge maps.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Tulsa, OK.

O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1988, February). Predicting the performance of concrete procedures.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Miami, FL.

Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Skaggs, L. P.(1987, August). The effects of textual disruption

on dyadic and individual learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological

Association, New York, NY.


(1987, April). Individual differences in the learning of structural/functional and procedural information.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington,

D.C.

Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., & Hall, R. H. (1987, April).

Manipulating cooperative scripts for teaching and learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.

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O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R. (1987, April). Cognitive, social/affective, and

metacognitive outcomes of scripted cooperative learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V.I., Hall, R. H., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., &

Lambiotte, J. G. (1987, April). Procedure/skill acquisition in cooperative dyads. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V.I., Hall, R. H., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., &

Lambiotte, J. G. (1987, April). The role of individual differences in procedure/skill acquisition. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.

Skaggs, L. P., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., Young, M. D., & Hall, R. H.

(1987, April). Dyadic learning: Individual differences, interaction, and performance. Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.

Young, M. D., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H.,

& Rocklin, T. R. (1987, April). Effects of cooperative compare/contrast and review strategies on the

acquisition of technical information. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, Washington, D. C.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., Hythecker, V. I., Skaggs, L. P., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.

(1987, January). Cooperative procedure acquisition: The effects of planning and prompting activities.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Educational Research Association, Dallas,

TX.

Skaggs, L. P., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D. (1987,

January). The implications of individual differences and social interaction variables for cooperative

learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Educational Research Association,

Dallas, TX.

Hall, R. H., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G.

(1986, April). Individual differences in cooperative learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of

the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Harris, P. H., O'Donnell, A. M., Smith, S., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986, April). Effects of perceptual unitization on

affective evaluation following behavior analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Hythecker, V. I., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1986,

April). The development and evaluation of a modified procedure learning strategy. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986,

April). Technical learning strategies: Acquisition of structural and functional information. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Larson, C.O., Hythecker, V. I., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J.

G. (1986, April). Individual editing or cooperation: Effects on an instruction writing task. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

Young, M. D., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., Skaggs, L. P., & Hall, R.

H. (1986, April). Cooperative integration and review of technical procedures. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.

O'Donnell, A. M., Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986, April). Effects of cooperation and

editing on instruction writing performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Larson, C. O., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M.

D. (1986, April). Effects of various cooperative scenarios on amount and accuracy of text recall: Two's

company, three's a crowd. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, San Francisco, CA.

O'Donnell, A. M., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V.I., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1986,

April). Amount and accuracy of information recalled by cooperative dyads: The effects of summary type

and alternation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, San Francisco, CA.

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(1986, August). Comparison of individual and dyadic learning: The role of induction. Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.

Rocklin, T. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1986, August). Self-adapted testing: A performance improving variant of

computerized adaptive testing. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological


O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V.I., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., &

Frysinger, J. H. (1986, January). Reading for action: A conceptual analysis of procedural learning.

Paper presented at the 14th Southwestern Regional Conference, International Reading Association, San

Antonio, TX.

Hythecker, V. I., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Larson, C. O., Lambiotte, J. G., Rocklin, T. R., & Young, M.

D. (1985, April). The development and evaluation of a strategy for procedure learning. Paper presented

at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Austin, TX.

Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1985,

April). Technical training: An application of a strategy for learning structural and functional information.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J.G., Hythecker, V. I., & Larson, C. O. (1985,

April). Cooperative writing: Direct effects and transfer. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Larson, C. O., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M.

D. (1985, April). Effects of monitoring on cooperative learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting

of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Austin, TX.

Hythecker, V. I., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J.G., Larson, C. O., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1984,

April). The development and evaluation of a computer-based learning strategy module:

Paraphrase/Imagery. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, New Orleans.

Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Fletcher, B., Larson, C. O., Hythecker, V. I., & O'Donnell, A.

M. (1984, April). Cooperative learning and test-taking: Transfer of skills. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V.I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1984,

April). Effects of metacognitive and elaborative activity on cooperative learning and transfer. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1984,

April). Verbal ability and cooperative learning: Transfer of effects. Paper presented at the Annual


Other Conference Contributions

Discussant of Symposium "Peer interaction and collaboration in educational settings." April 2001,

American Educational Research Conference, Seattle.

Discussant of Symposium "Education and the world wide web", April 2000, American

Educational Research Conference, New Orleans. Discussant. "Effective collaboration for learning." April 2000, American Educational Research

Conference, New Orleans. Chair of Symposium . “Using faculty development with educational technology to foster institutional

transition to the learning paradigm.” (1998, April). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, San Diego, CA.

Chair of Symposium. "Swimming against the tide of individualism." (July, 1992). International

Convention on Cooperative Learning, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Chair/Discussant of Symposium: "Knowledge Mapping: Applications to learning and personal problem

solving." (August, 1991). Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.

Chair of Symposium: "Affective Costs of Mainstreaming for the Hearing-Impaired Adolescent." (April,

1991). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.

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Presentations/Lectures

O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, February). A comparison of hybrid and face-to-face instructional settings. Presentation to

the faculty in the Department of Educational Psychology, Arizona State University and the University of

Arizona.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, November). Distributing learning: A comparison of a hybrid versus a face-to-face

format. Presentation to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s CEUTT Meeting, Evanston, IL.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, October). Teachers’ beliefs and their influence on teaching. Presentation to the

Department of Education, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, Ireland.

O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, July). Using groups effectively. Presentation to teachers involved in the NSF

funded project “Building a Learning Community in Science and Mathematics through Educational

Partnerships" directed by Dr. K. Scott.

O'Donnell, A. M. (2000, October). Learning to learn from peers. Northeast Regional Teaching

Workshop, North Brunswick, NJ.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, December). Cooperative learning. Presentation to the students and parents of Upward

Bound, Livingston College, New Brunswick.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, April). Active learning and college teaching. Faculty of the Business School, Rider

University, NJ.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, February). Peer tutoring: A review of the research on an enduring instructional

strategy,” CAIR Colloquium Series, Fordham University, New York.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, January). Why does cooperation work? Presentation to NSF/HER program directors,

Washington, D. C.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, November). Small group learning in college classrooms. Presentation to the Academic

Forum, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, October). Active and cooperative learning. Presentation to the GE and Rutgers

University Teaching Fellows, Teaching Excellence Center, New Brunswick, NJ.

O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, September). The psychology of the individual in a social world: Distributing cognition.

Presentation to the Department of Educational Psychology, Pennsylvania State University.

O’Donnell, A. M., & Lebeau, R. B. (1996, April). Developing a research agenda on the use of cases in teacher

education. Presentation at the Invisible College Annual Meeting, New York.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, August). Status in the classroom. Roundtable discussion at the Eighth Annual Group

Processes Conference, Washington, D. C.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, March). Considerations in college teaching. Presentation made as part of the Lilly

Fellows Program at the Teaching Excellence Center, Rutgers University.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, November). Cooperative learning research. Presentation at the Department of

Psychology, Texas Christian University.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, November). Using peer learning in classrooms: Implications of various theoretical

perspectives. Presentation at the College of Education, University of Iowa.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, October). Scripted cooperation: A research program. Presentation at the Department of

Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, October). Using groups effectively in college teaching. Presentation made as part of the

Great Teachers Lecture Series, Teaching Excellence Center, Rutgers University.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Using group learning with college students. Presentation to the Annual

Conference of the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Professional Association, East Brunswick,

NJ.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Implications of inquiry teaching for assessment and instruction. New Jersey

School Development Council, Somerset, NJ.

O'Donnell, A.M. (1994, March). Improving learning from lectures. Presentation to the coadjutant faculty of

Union County College, Cranford, NJ.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, March). Accessing cognitive opportunities in cooperative learning. Presentation to the

GSE Board of Trustees Advisory Committee.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, July). The uses of statistics in educational research. Presentation to the Collaborative

Leadership Project in the Teaching of Probability and Statistics in the Schools, Rutgers, The State

University of New Jersey.

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O'Donnell, A. M. (1990, July). INVITED PRESENTATION. Analyzing and enhancing learning and

performance through scripted cooperation. Paper presented at the International Convention on

Cooperative Learning, sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in

Education, Baltimore, MD.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1989, May). Elements of least restrictive environments. A preliminary report. Presentation to

the National Advisory Board, Center for Studies in Education and Human Development, Gallaudet

University, Washington, D.C.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1988, December). Information processing: The effects of form and function. INVITED

ADDRESS. Cognition Research Group, Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University.

O'Donnell, A. M. (1986, November). The development and evaluation of cooperative strategies for procedure

learning. INVITED ADDRESS. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas, Austin,

TX.

TEACHING

Graduate Courses Taught:

Basic Inferential Statistics Cognition and Memory Learning Strategies

Advanced Inferential Statistics Cooperative and Collaborative

Learning

Social Psychology of

Classrooms

Introduction to Research Methods Memory Systems and Processes Psychology of Instruction

Teacher as Researcher Advanced Educational Psychology

Teaching Educational

Psychology

Independent Research Theories of Cognition and

Instruction

Learning Disabilities

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction To Educational

Psychology

Independent Research Honors Seminar In "Social And

Cognitive Learning Processes."

First year seminar: Collaboration

for learning and performance

SERVICE

Professional Community

Test Administration

Examiner for the North Texas calibration study for the fourth revision the Stanford-Binet

intelligence scale. (January - August, 1982).

Editorships

Executive Editor for the Journal of Experimental Education, 1997-2003

Editorial Board Member of the Following Journals

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Education Research International 2012-present.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991-2007

Educational Psychology Review. 1996-2001; 2006-present.

Journal of Experimental Education, 1988-1993; 1994-1997; 2000-present.

Educational Psychologist 1997-present.

Issues in Education, 2001-2004.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2005-2008

American Journal of Educational Research, 2008-present.

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Teacher Education, 2008-present.

Guest Editor

Special Issue of Educational Psychology Review (1997) on distributed cognition.

Special Issue of Theory into Practice (2002). Promoting thinking through peer learning.

Special Issue of Journal of Experimental Education (2000). "Learning from peers: Multiple perspectives on

collaboration."

Reviewer

Review Board member for NSF grant [Watkins, S. (PI), Belarbi, A., Chandrashekhara, K., Hall,

R.H., & Nanni, A. (1998). Advanced Materials for Civil Infrastructures: Multidisciplinary Curriculum

Development. National Science Foundation ($400,000)]

Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Following Journals

American Educational Research Journal; Cognition and Instruction.

Contemporary Educational Psychology; Discourse Processes;

Journal of Educational Computing Research; Journal of Reading

Learning and Instruction; Reading Research Quarterly.

British Journal of Educational Psychology Developmental Psychology

Instructional Science Computers and Human Behavior

Reviewer of Conferences Submissions

2nd International Symposium on Cognition, Education, and Deafness (1989);

AERA Special Interest Group on the Education of Deaf Persons (1990-1993);

Division 15, American Psychological Association Annual Meeting (1990-present);

American Educational Research Association (1992 to present);

Cognitive Science Annual Meeting, (1998-present).

International Conference of the Learning Sciences (2014).

Research Grant Proposal Reviewer

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (1992, 1994),

National Science Foundation (1998-1999, 2001-present

Spencer Foundation (1997)

Office of Education, Teacher Quality program, 1999, 2006

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association.

American Educational Research Association.

American Psychological Society.

Cognitive Science Association

International Society for the Learning Sciences

International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education.

AERA Special Interest Groups on cooperative learning, deaf education, text design and learner strategies.

EARLI European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.

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Leadership Positions

Chair, Special Interest Group, Teaching of Educational Psychology, American Educational Research

Association, 2013-2014.

President. Division 15, American Psychological Association 2005-2006

Member at Large, Division 15 Executive Committee, 2003-2006

Secretary, Division C, American Educational Research Association, 2003-2006.

Program Chair, Division C, American Educational Research Association, 2002-2004

Chair, Committee on Standards for Psychology in Teacher Education, Division 15, 2001-

Division 15 representative to APA's Committee on Women in Psychology, 2001-

Member, Executive Board, International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education. 1998-

2002

Member-at-Large, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 1997-2000.

Treasurer, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 1994-1997.

Chair, Special Interest Group on Text, Technology, and Learning Strategies, American

Educational Research Association, 1996-2000.

Other Service

Member, Paul Pintrich Dissertation Award Committtee, Division 15, 2012-2014.

Chair, Graduate Seminar 2001 Organizing Committee, Division C.

Mentor for graduate students, Division C, AERA Annual Meeting, 1999.

Mentor for graduate students of Division 15, APA Annual Meeting, 1999.

Program Chair, Section 6, Division C, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting,

2000.

Program Chair, Special Interest Group on Text, Technology, and Learning Strategies, American

Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, 2000.

Member, Graduate Student Committee, Division 15, American Psychological Association. 1997-

1998.

Chair, Ad Hoc Conference Committee, Division 15, APA 1996-1999.

Member, Division K AERA Awards Committee, 1994-1995.

Member, Committee on Graduate and Continuing Education, Division 2, American Psychological

Association.

Member, Committee on Awards for Outstanding Articles in Educational Psychology, Division 15,

APA, 1992-1995.

Service to the University/Campus

Member, Faculty Council of the Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships,

2009-present

Member, Academic Integrity Committee 2008-present

Member, Advisory Council for College Student Affairs 2008-2010.

Member, Executive Council on Assessment, 2008 to present.

Chair, Search committee for faculty in College Student Affairs, 2008-2009.

Member, Steering Committee for Implementation of Undergraduate Taskforce

Recommendations. 2006-2008

Chair, Subcommittee on Assessment and Accountability. 2006-2009

Member, Subcommittee on the Assessment of Student Learning, Middle States Accreditation

Committee, 2006-.2008

Chair, Dean’s Evaluation Committee for GSAPP, 2005-2006.

Member, Search Committee for Dean of the GSE, 2003-2004.

Member, Information Technology Strategic Planning Committee 2004-2006.

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Member, Steering Committee of the Taskforce on Undergraduate Education, 2004-2006.

Chair, Subcommittee of the Undergraduate Taskforce on the Student Experience, 2004-2006.

Member, Executive Council of the Graduate School, 2004-2007.

Member, Judicial Affairs Board, 2004-present.

Member, Task Force on Undergraduate Education, 2004-2006

Chair, Advisory Committee on Instructional Computing, 2003-2005.

Member, Advisory Committee on Instructional Computing, 2000 – 2003.

Member, Nominating Committee of the Graduate School-New Brunswick, 2000-2003

Chair, Subcommittee on Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty Council, 1997-2000.

Member, Instructional Technology Faculty Support Committee, 1999-present.

Faculty Adviser to the Gaelic Club, 2000 -

Member, RUNet 2000 Video Content Committee, 1998-1999.

Member, Budget and Policy Panning Committee, Faculty Council,, 1997-1999.

Member, Faculty Council, 1995-2001.

Member, Institutional Review Board, 1996-2000

Member, Electronic Teaching and Faculty Development Task Force, Rutgers University,

1997 –1998.

Faculty Adviser, Rutgers University Students in Education Association, 1993-present.

Faculty Adviser, International Soccer Club, 1991-1995.

Faculty Adviser, B'ahai Club, 1989-1995.

Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Teaching Excellence Center, 1993.

Member, Committee on Teaching, Faculty Council, 1995-1996

Member, President's Task Force on Disabilities, 1991

Service to the Graduate School of Education

Chair, Special Education Search Committee, 2013.

Chair, Teacher Education Committee 2007-2013.

Member, Ph.D evaluation committee, 2012-2013.

Member, Faculty Search in Special Education, 2012-2013.

Member, A & P Committee, 2008-2009, 2011-2014

Member, A & P Committee, Spring 2006.

Member, Student Grievance Committee, 2005-2007.

Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, 2004-2005

Member, Planning and Resource Committee, 2004-2005.

Member, Dean’s Search Committee, 2003-2004.

Member, Planning and Resource Committee, 2002-2003.

Member, Science Education Search Committee, 2000-2001.

Member, Planning and Resources committee, 1999-2000

Chair, Committee to evaluate the 5 –year teacher education program.

Member, Combined Search Committee for Science Education and Instructional Technology, 1997-

1998.

Member, Combined Search Committee for Science Education and Instructional Technology, 1996-

1997.

Chair, Information Technologies Committee, GSE, 1995-1997.

Chair, Student Grievance Committee, GSE, 1995-1996

Chair, Committee to develop course “Teacher as Researcher,” Teacher Education Faculty, 1996-

1997.

Chair, Coordinating Committee for Teacher as Researcher Course, 1997-1998.

Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, Doctoral Faculty , GSE, 1996-1997.

Member, Internal Allocations Committee, GSE, 1995-1996.

Committee on Student Teaching, GSE, 1995-1997.

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Committee to Review Standards, GSE., 1995,

Member, Elementary Education Search Committee, 1994-1995.

Member, Information Technologies Committee, GSE 1991-1994.

Member, Master's Admission Committee, 1993-1994

Chair, Ad-hoc Committee on Teaching Portfolios, GSE 1994.

Member, Science Education Search Committee, GSE, 1992-1993.

Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, GSE, 1991-1992.

Member, Doctoral Faculty 1989-present.

Member, Teacher Education Faculty 1993-present.

Member, Affirmative Action Committee, GSE, 1992-1993

Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, GSE, 1991-1992

Member, Scholarships and Fellowships Committee, GSE, 1990

Service to the Department of Educational Psychology

Member, Search Committee for Special Education, 2012-2013.

Chair, Search Committee for College Student Affairs, 2008-2009.

Member, Search Committee in Educational Psychology, 2005-2006.

Chair, Courses and Program Planning Committee, 1996-2004.

Chair, Admissions Committee, 2002-present.

Member, Admissions Committee, 2001-2002.

Member, Course and Program Planning Committee, 1998-1999.

Chair, Search Committee in LCD, 1997-1998

Coordinator of LCD program, 1995- 2000.

Chair, Human Subjects Committee, 1989-1998.

Member, Human Subjects Committee, 1998-2003.

Chair, Search Committee in LCD program, 1995-1996.

Member, Admissions Committee, 1996.

Member, Publicity and Recruitment Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, 1991-1994

Under Review

O’Donnell, A. M. (under review). Effects of different film versions on recall from "Romeo and Juliet.”

In Preparation

O'Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Characteristics of discussions of a classroom case by preservice teachers.

O'Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Choosing a college major: Distinctions among disciplines.

O'Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Collaborative and individual reasoning about cases: Initial and transfer effects.

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Dissertations Directed

Year Student Title

1992 Randi Zuber

“Cooperative learning by fifth grade students: Effects of scripted and

unscripted techniques.” [Winner of the 1993 GSE Alumni Award for

Outstanding Dissertation]

1993 Linda Hirsch

An examination of the misconception of “representativeness” in learning

about probability.

1994 Lynn Kalustian

Peer learning and status characteristics: Potential inequality of cognitive

opportunity in problem-solving groups

1995 Marbella Barrerra Motivational and cognitive influences in second language proficiency.

1995 Sr. Marie Cooper

An evaluation of the implementation of an integrated learning system for

introductory college physics.

1995 Kathy Foley

Cooperative learning and visual organizers: Effects on students’ solving

mole problems in chemistry.

1996 Karen Stern

Scripted cooperation and explicit incentives: Impact on cognitive and

affective outcomes.

1997 Robert Lebeau

Breaking the routine: Case-based learning and the development of

clinical reasoning. [Winner of the 1998 GSE Alumni Award for

outstanding dissertation]

1999 James O’Kelly

Children’s learning of science through literature.[Winner of the 2000

GSE Alumni Award for Excellence in Dissertation

2001 Mary E. Gribbin A study of the development of collaborative explanations in molecular

genetics by secondary science students.

2004 Timothy Steele-Dadzie Relationships among teacher self-efficacy, student self-efficacy, and

student performance

2006 Gwen G. Williams Note-taking from text with middle school students: Process, product, and

practice.

2006 Melissa Medina The influence of the format for case response on thinking about a case

2008 Carol Coté Field dependence and working memory capacity in children’s ability

to copy figures within a misleading context

2009 Nicole DiDonato Promoting self- and coregulation through small group problem-solving

of authentic tasks in a low SES urban environment.

2009

2014

2014

Aubrie Swan

Anna Lee

Christopher J. Manente

The transformation of undergraduate education at Rutgers University:

An evaluation

Socially-shared regulation in computer supported collaborative

learning.

Is collaboration a necessary component of problem-based learning?

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